Motivation Monday

Man, today was a crazy day. It was super busy and a little stressful at times, and normally that would be enough for me to say, "Nah, I'm just gonna go straight home and go to bed early tonight." But not anymore. Now I use it as motivation at the gym. I run out my stress. I lift away my anxiety. It's awesome.

So for today's Motivation Monday, I've included two quotes that have really hit home with me lately.

It's crazy how true this is. I used to think that I didn't have time to workout. I mean, I'm gone for 12 hours out of the day between work and commuting. Who wants to fight traffic just to end up at the gym, then go home for a late dinner and finally crawl in bed? I mean, I'm the kind of person who needs 7-9 hours of sleep each night or I will Hulk Smash anyone who gets in my way. But I've got a new routine. I go straight from work to the gym, workout for an hour, then head home. Most of the time, there's almost no traffic on the way home, which is awesome. I come home, cook or reheat something I cooked over the weekend, shower, then go to bed. The only downside here is that I seem to be wide awake after working out lately. I am awake til around 10 or so, which is way later than I usually stay up (yes, I'm an old lady). But then I usually sleep like a rock. Wake and repeat.

It does get easier. Today's treadmill workout had me running for longer than I ever thought I could. I ran half a mile 3 times. It was a great feeling. I probably could've gone longer, but I wanted to do several spurts of shorter distances. When I started in January, I could hardly run 90 seconds without wanting to die. Today I ran for 8 minutes. That's over 5x as long as when I started! So exciting. I can't wait to see where I'm at in six months.